Registered historic parks and gardens in Ceredigion

Ceredigion shown within Wales

Ceredigion is a county in the west of Wales. It covers an area of 1,785 km² (689 sq mi)^[1] and in 2021 the population was approximately 70,700.^[2]

The Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales was established in 2002 and given statutory status in 2022. It is administered by Cadw, the historic environment agency of the Welsh Government.^[3][4] Elisabeth Whittle described Cadw as having a "somewhat special and guiding role" in the preservation of historic parks and gardens, since they are "an integral part of Welsh archaeological and architectural heritage".^[5] The register includes just under 400 sites, ranging from gardens of private houses, to cemeteries and public parks. Parks and gardens are listed at one of three grades, matching the grading system used for listed buildings. Grade I is the highest grade, for sites of exceptional interest; Grade II*, the next highest, denotes parks and gardens of great quality; while Grade II denotes sites of special interest.^[6]

There are 12 registered parks and gardens in Ceredigion. One is listed at Grade I, two at Grade II*, and nine at Grade II.

Key

Grade	Criteria[6]
I	Parks and gardens of exceptional interest
II*	Parks and gardens of great quality
II	Parks and gardens of special interest

List of parks and gardens

List of parks and gardens

Name	Location Grid Ref.[note 1] Geo-coordinates	Date Listed	Description / Notes	Grade	Reference Number	Image
Alltyrodyn	Llandysul SN4485744318 52°04′30″N 4°15′51″W	1 February 2022	Gardens[7][8][9] The pleasure grounds and walled gardens are contemporary with the house built in the 1830s.[10]	II	PGW(Dy)46(CER)
Cardigan Castle	Cardigan SN1772845981 52°04′54″N 4°39′37″W	1 February 2022	Garden The late-Georgian garden is set within the ward of the medieval castle.[11]	II	PGW(Dy)72(CER)
Coedmore	Llangoedmor SN1938843696 52°03′42″N 4°38′06″W	1 February 2022	Gardens[12][13] The present house (built 1816–1833) is to the south of woodlands within which is an earlier enclosed garden.[14]	II	PGW(Dy)70(CER)
Derry Ormond	Llangybi SN5890052330 52°09′03″N 4°03′45″W	1 February 2022	Park and gardens[15][16][17] The tower (built 1821–1824) is on a hilltop to the south of, and separated from, the parkland and gardens around the site of the house (built 1824–1826, but demolished in 1933).[18]	II	PGW(Dy)48(CER)
Hafod	Ysbyty Ystwyth SN7629273202 52°20′33″N 3°48′58″W	1 February 2022	Landscape Cadw describes the site as "one of the most important and influential Picturesque landscapes of the late eighteenth century in Britain".[19]	I	PGW(Dy)50(CER)
Llanerchaeron	Ciliau Aeron SN4853159719 52°12′52″N 4°13′02″W	1 February 2022	Park and gardens[20][21][22][23] The house (built c. 1794), walled gardens and pleasure grounds are set within parkland and are to the north-west of Ciliau Park, a separate enclosure that became part of the estate in 1735.[24][25]	II	PGW(Dy)51(CER)
Llanllyr	Llanfihangel Ystrad SN5426955817 52°10′51″N 4°07′54″W	1 February 2022	Park and gardens[26][27][28] The kitchen garden was probably built at the same time as the house (c. 1830). In the 1980s and 1990s formal and informal gardens were laid out and planted within an early nineteenth-century framework.[29]	II	PGW(Dy)28(CER)
Lodge Park	Llangynfelyn SN6626193563 52°31′23″N 3°58′17″W	1 February 2022	Deer park and garden[30][31] The seventeenth-century deer park occupies a roughly oval area. The walled kitchen garden to the north of the house probably dates from late eighteenth century.[32]	II	PGW(Dy)61(CER)
Nanteos	Trawsgoed SN6197578436 52°23′10″N 4°01′42″W	1 February 2022	Park and garden[33][34][35] The mid-eighteenth-century house, walled garden and pleasure grounds are set within a medium-sized landscape park.[36]	II*	PGW(Dy)52(CER)
Pigeonsford Walled Garden	Llangrannog SN3245854248 52°09′38″N 4°26′59″W	1 February 2022	Walled garden The former kitchen garden is possibly contemporary to the re-building of Pigeonsford Mansion in the 1750s. The five-sided brick gazebo was built in the 1930s.[37]	II	PGW(Dy)41(CER)
Trawsgoed	Trawsgoed SN6752673507 52°20′36″N 3°56′42″W	1 February 2022	Park and gardens[38][39][40] The Trawsgoed estate has undergone numerous phases of construction. The layout of the park dates from the eighteenth century and the garden dates mainly to the late nineteenth century.[41]	II	PGW(Dy)53(CER)
University of Wales, Aberystwyth: Plas Penglais, Penglais Campus and Llanbadarn Campus; The National Library of Wales	Llanbadarn Fawr SN5974881713 52°24′54″N 4°03′45″W	1 February 2022	Gardens[42][43][44] The informal gardens and landscaped university campuses and library grounds were laid out in the twentieth century. A section of the Penglais campus is one of the very few surviving schemes to have been designed by Brenda Colvin.[45]	II*	PGW(Dy)47(CER)

See also

• Scheduled monuments in Ceredigion
• Grade I listed buildings in Ceredigion
• Grade II* listed buildings in Ceredigion

Notes

1. Sometimes known as OSGB36, the grid reference is based on the British national grid reference system used by the Ordnance Survey.

References

1. "Ceredigion - Population Density (QS102EW)". UKCensusdata.com. Archived from the original on 9 March 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
2. "Labour Market Profile - Ceredigion". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
3. "Historic Parks and Gardens". Cadw. Archived from the original on 9 March 2012.
4. "Registered historic parks and gardens". Cadw. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
5. Whittle 1992, p. 6.
6. "Understanding registered historic parks & gardens: 2. What is registration?". Cadw. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
7. "Alltyrodyn Pleasure Grounds, Rhydowen (700016)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
8. "Alltyrodyn Kitchen Garden, Rhydowen (700017)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
9. "Alltyrodyn Flower Garden, Rhydowen (700018)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
10. Cadw. "Alltyrodyn (PGW(Dy)46(CER))". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
11. Cadw. "PGW(Dy)72(CER) (PGW(Dy)72(CER))". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
12. "Coedmore Kitchen Garden, Cilgerran (700220)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
13. "Coedmore Woodland Garden, Cilgerran (265095)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
14. Cadw. "PGW(Dy)70(CER) (PGW(Dy)70(CER))". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
15. "Derry Ormond Park, Betws Bledrws (700014)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
16. "Derry Ormond Garden, Betws Bledrws (86782)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
17. "Derry Ormond Kitchen Garden, Bettws Bledrws (700015)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
18. Cadw. "Derry Ormond (PGW(Dy)48(CER))". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
19. Cadw. "Hafod (PGW(Dy)50(CER))". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
20. "Ciliau Park, Llanerchaeron (700356)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
21. "Llanerchaeron Park, Ciliau Aeron (700355)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
22. "Llanaeron Walled Gardens, Ciliau Aeron (31515)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
23. "Llanaeron Pleasure Grounds, Ciliau Aeron (302081)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
24. Cadw. "Llanerchaeron (PGW(Dy)51(CER))". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
25. Cadw. "Llanerchaeron, including rear Service Courtyard Ranges (previously listed as Llanaeron House) (10715)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
26. "Llanllyr Park, Talsarn (700011)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
27. "Llanllyr Gardens, Talsarn (86798)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
28. "Llanllyr Kitchen Garden, Talsarn (700012)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
29. Cadw. "Llanllyr (PGW(Dy)28(CER))". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
30. "Lodge Park Deerpark, Tre'r-Ddol (86800)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
31. "Lodge Park Kitchen Garden, Tre'r-ddol (700310)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
32. Cadw. "Lodge Park (PGW(Dy)61(CER))". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
33. "Plas Nanteos Park, Aberystwyth (700214)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
34. "Plas Nanteos Kitchen Garden, Aberystwyth (700215)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
35. "Plas Nanteos Grounds and Gardens, Aberystwyth (265018)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
36. Cadw. "Nanteos (PGW(Dy)52(CER))". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
37. Cadw. "Pigeonsford Walled Garden (PGW(Dy)41(CER))". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
38. "Trawsgoed Park, Llanafan (700126)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
39. "Trawsgoed Park Kitchen Garden, Llanafan (700127)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
40. "Trawsgoed Park Ornamental Grounds, Llanafan (265332)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
41. Cadw. "Trawsgoed (PGW(Dy)53(CER))". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
42. "National Library of Wales Grounds (700022)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
43. "Aberystwyth University, Penglais Botanic Garden (301589)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
44. "Aberystwyth University: Penglais Campus (700000)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
45. Cadw. "University of Wales, Aberystwyth: Plas Penglais, Penglais Campus and Llanbadarn Campus; The National Library of Wales (PGW(Dy)47(CER))". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 9 March 2023.

Bibliography

• Whittle, Elisabeth (1992). The Historic Gardens of Wales: An Introduction to Parks and Gardens in the History of Wales. Cardiff: Cadw. ISBN 978-0-117-01578-4.